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SWEPCO 2026 All-Source RFP

Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power company, is pursuing additional generation and capacity resources of up to 3,000 MW of SPP Accredited Capacity via the following Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

RFP Details
PSA Wind, Solar, BESS, Natural Gas, and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells RFP via one or more Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs) for Southwest Power Pool (SPP) resources.

In addition, the Company is soliciting Proposals for completion of an energy storage project at SWEPCO’s Harry D. Mattison power plant site.

PPA RFP seeking energy, SPP capacity, environmental attributes (including RECs) if applicable, and ancillary services via one or more PPAs from Renewable and Thermal Resources.
CPA Capacity RFP seeking short-term SPP accredited deliverable capacity via one or more Capacity Purchase Agreements (CPAs) to start in planning years 2027, 2028, or 2029.

Self-Build Proposals: The Company plans to evaluate one or more Self-Build Proposals in addition to the Proposals received in the PSA RFP. The Self-Build Proposals will be developed by the AEP Projects Group who are independent from the RFP Team. Self-Build Proposals shall 1) be submitted to the RFP Team one day prior to the PSA, PPA, and CPA Proposal Due Date, and 2) use as a basis for the Proposal, the information required in the PSA Proposal Content Section (RFP Section 6) and all applicable appendices.

To qualify for consideration resources must interconnect to SPP with an SPP Queue Position of 2024-001 or earlier or in SPP’s Expedited Resource Adequacy Study queue.

Proposals are due July 29, 2026. All proposal responses should be submitted to the Sharepoint outlined in the RFP documents.

PSA & PPA Schedule

Draft RFP Posted Online: 3/25/2026
Bidders Technical Conference: 4/15/2026
RFP Issued: 5/25/2026
Confidentiality Agreement Request Deadline: 7/15/2026
Self-Build Proposal Due Date: 7/28/2026
Proposal Due Date: 7/29/2026
Short-List Selection: 10/15/2026
Execute Definitive Agreements: 3/16/2027
File for Regulatory Approvals: 3/30/2027
Required Regulatory Approvals: 3/30/2028
Notice to Proceed: 5/16/2028
Commercial Operation Date: No later than 12/1/2031

* The above schedule is subject to review.

CPA Schedule

RFP Timeline
Draft RFP Posted Online 3/25/2026
Bidders Technical Conference 4/15/2026
RFP Issued 5/25/2026
Confidentiality Agreement Request Deadline 7/15/2026
Proposal Due Date 7/29/2026
Short-List Selection 8/21/2026
Execute Definitive Agreements 11/20/2026
Required Regulatory Approvals May 2027
Winter Summer
Acceptable Delivery Start Dates Dec 1 of 2027, 2028, or 2029. June 1 of 2027, 2028 or 2029

Q&A

Questions should be directed via email to: SWEPCO2026RFP@aep.com.

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